Chapter Forty-Six
Ryker
“Oh, gods.”
“Not the gods, Temptress,” I said as I pushed the dagger inside her. “Invoking the gods suggests salvation, and you’ll only find damnation here. After all, you promised to be my ruin, so it’s only fair that I be yours.”
Her head thrashed against the pillow, each movement a silent scream of thwarted need. My shadows tightened around her wrists as she pulled against them, desperate for more friction, more pressure, anything to push her over the precipice I kept denying her.
I could see the moment her resolve wavered. Her breathing hitched, and her hands curled into fists. Her tongue darted out to wet her lips, and she released a shaky exhale.
She was fighting a war against her own body, and we both knew she was losing.
“He… he touched Celeste.”
The blade stilled in my hand. “And that concerns you?”
“He was choking her, Ryker. Saying awful things. If I hadn’t intervened, he might have killed her.”
“You despise her. She is the reason you had to endure the trials. You could have died because of her.”
Cadence flinched at the venom dripping from my tone, but I wasn’t done.
“So, tell me, why the fuck would you risk your life, and the life of our unborn child, to protect hers?”
“Not everyone is as cruel as you, Ryker.”
Cadence glared at me, and a sinister smirk tilted my lips.
“Oh, Temptress,” I cooed. “You have no idea just how cruel I can be.”
I stood, shedding my clothing, as Cadence’s wary gaze followed me. Trepidation shone from her chocolate depths, but not as bright as the desire that swirled there.
Fisting my cock, I climbed over her, lining myself up with her entrance. When I didn’t move, Cadence threw her head back and growled. I leaned forward, capturing her lips with a bruising kiss as I dragged my length through her slick folds, coating myself in her arousal.
“Please,” she whimpered as she lifted her hips in invitation.
The sound sent a rush of red-hot desire coursing through me, and I had to grit my teeth to stop myself from abandoning my plans and sinking inside her.
“Please what, Temptress?”
“Please, Ryker, I need you.”
My lips brushed against her ear. “Tell me everything.”
“I already did.”
“You’ve made an excellent start, wife. Now I want to know what you’re planning.”
Her brow furrowed in mock confusion. “What do you mean?”
“Don’t play coy with me, Cadence.”
I slammed my hips forward, my cock buried to the hilt as her walls clenched around me. A low, sultry moan escaped her, and I pulled out all the way to the tip before slamming back in.
“You’ve been creating distance between us, conspiring with your brother and the gods know who else.”
I rocked my hips, angling my thrusts so I rubbed against her clit. More inky tendrils leeched from me, tangling around her breasts and pinching her nipples.
“Did it ever occur to you I simply can’t stand your company?”
My laughter was dark as I set a punishing rhythm. My shadows snaked between us, and with a flick of my wrist, they slipped inside her puckered hole.
“Gods, gods, Ryker, I…”
Her words were an incoherent mess as she lost herself beneath the onslaught of sensation.
“You were saying?” I felt her body tense. “Something about not being able to stand my company.”
“I hate you!”
“I’m sure you do. But you also love riding my cock.”
My shadows expanded inside her, stretching her from within. I lifted my hand, wrapping it around her throat. Her pulse hammered wildly beneath my touch, and her eyes rolled back, lashes fluttering against flushed cheeks.
“Tell me what you’re hiding.”
“Nothing,” she gasped as I thrust deeper. “I’m hiding nothing.”
I slowed my thrusts to a torturous pace, barely moving. The sudden change tore a frustrated sob from her throat, and I leaned forward, tasting the salt on her skin.
“You’re lying.” My shadows tightened around her nipples, tugging and twisting until she screamed. “Tell me what you and your brother are planning, Cadence.”
Her eyes flashed with some emotion, guilt perhaps, before she masked it with defiance. “Leave Callum out of it.”
“So, you admit there is something going on.”
“Stop putting words in my mouth.”
“Oh, I intend to put something in your mouth, but it won’t be words.”
I drove back into her with such force that I became concerned about the integrity of the bed frame. Cadence’s lips parted on a sharp inhale, and I shoved my fingers inside her mouth, forcing her to choke on them.
“That’s it, Temptress. Take my cock. Welcome me home where I belong.”
She bit down, hard enough to draw blood, and I pressed my fingers deeper as I brutalized her cunt. Her defiance was a fucking turn on, and if she thought a little blood would deter me, she was in for a rude awakening.
“You think you’re so clever, sneaking around with your brother and plotting behind my back.”
I nipped at the tender flesh of her throat, wanting to sink my teeth in, to claim her and mark her. But I wouldn’t. This was a punishment, and I wasn’t about to end it without her confession.
“But my shadows see everything, Cadence.”
They didn’t. That’s why I was currently torturing us both. But they saw enough for me to know my cunning, beautiful wife was scheming.
The slick heat of her cunt gripped me like a vise, drawing me in, begging me to stay. Her body trembled beneath mine, her eyes glazing over as she lost herself to pleasure. I could feel her walls fluttering around me, tightening, preparing for release.
She was close, so fucking close, but I wouldn’t let her have it. Not yet.
With a snarl, I pulled out, leaving her empty and aching.
I withdrew my fingers, trailing blood and saliva down her chin before forcing my cock into her mouth.
My shadows tightened inside her ass as I spilled myself down her throat with a satisfied groan.
When I was done, I let my shaft slip free, but not before using my come to paint her lips.
Cadence glared at me, and I grinned. “Tell me what I want to know, and I’ll allow you to come.”
“Fuck you,” she said, her eyes blazing with fury and desire.
I laughed, the sound dark and menacing. “That’s the idea.”
I gripped her chin, forcing her gaze to remain locked on mine. “I can keep this up all night, Temptress. Can you?”
“You’re a monster.”
“And you’re a liar,” I said, trailing my fingers over her sweat-slicked skin. “But we already knew these things about each other, didn’t we?”
My thumb circled her clit, and she jerked against the shadows still restraining her. A strangled whimper escaped her throat before she could stop it.
“Your body won’t lie to me, wife. Even when your mouth does.”
I slipped two fingers inside her cunt, curling them to hit that spot that made her delirious. Her back arched off the mattress once more, and a tear slid down her cheek.
“Ryker, please.”
“I’ll let you come when you’ve earned it.”
Pumping faster, I watched her face contort with desperate need. All it would take was one more stroke, and she would shatter.
So I stopped, pulling my fingers free.
“Now, shall we try this again?”
I pressed my thumb hard against her swollen bundle of nerves, drawing tight circles that left her gasping for breath. My shadows writhed inside her, matching my touch until she was trembling beneath me all over again.
“Tell me.”
“I hope you choke on your own shadows!” she said with enough conviction that my spent cock twitched with renewed interest.
“Wrong answer.” I leaned in, my lips pressing against her ear. “It’s going to be a long night, wife.”